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Descriptor English: Carotid Arteries
Descriptor Spanish: Arterias Carótidas
Descriptor arterias carótidas
Scope note: Cualquiera de las dos principales arterias que discurren por ambas zonas laterales del cuello y que suministran sangre a la cabeza y al cuello. Cada una se divide en dos ramas, la arteria carótida interna y la arteria carótida externa.
Descriptor Portuguese: Artérias Carótidas
Descriptor French: Artères carotides
Entry term(s): Arteries, Carotid
Artery, Carotid
Carotid Artery
Tree number(s): A07.015.114.186
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002339
Scope note: Either of the two principal arteries on both sides of the neck that supply blood to the head and neck; each divides into two branches, the internal carotid artery and the external carotid artery.
Annotation: inj = CAROTID ARTERY INJURIES or specifics
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Entry Combination: injuries:Carotid Artery Injuries
DeCS ID: 2380
Unique ID: D002339
NLM Classification: WG 595.C2
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/30
Carotid Arteries - Preferred
Concept UI M0003539
Scope note Either of the two principal arteries on both sides of the neck that supply blood to the head and neck; each divides into two branches, the internal carotid artery and the external carotid artery.
Preferred term Carotid Arteries
Entry term(s) Arteries, Carotid
Artery, Carotid
Carotid Artery



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